Sex-ed rules stripped from Ohio budget

Proposal deemed 'ludicrous' by state teachers

2:57 AM,
Apr. 19, 2013

Written by

Benjamin Lanka
CentralOhio.com

A provision inserted late into the state's budget to promote abstinence-only sex education was removed by lawmakers after it was lambasted by opponents.

The proposal, sponsored by House Health Chairman Lynn Wachtmann, would have barred educators from promoting "gateway sexual activity" or distributing contraceptives on school property. Ohio lawmakers voted 76-19 Thursday to drop it from the budget.

Ohio's teacher association made clear its disgust for the proposal, which would have required instructors to endorse abstinence from sex as the only way to remove all risk of pregnancy ...